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The Impact of Emotional Intelligence on The Job
Performance to Managers on Saudi Banks sector
Shatha salem shaman alriwali
Lecturer in aljouf university
Email. [email protected]
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the effect of emotional intelligence on the job
performance of managers in Saudi banks. To increase knowledge in this area and
come up with recommendations to help excellence and professional development. The
study used a Singh model of emotional intelligence and three components of
emotional intelligence (emotional competency, emotional sensitivity, emotional
maturity(. Researcher adopted the descriptive approach that focuses on the data
collection and interpretation by using statistical program SPSS. distributed a
questionnaire consisted of bank managers sample where the number of the sample is
(106) at a rate of recovery (92.1%) managers as formed the study population was
distributed using the random sampling technique.After analyzed the data, the results
showed the absence thepositive statistical relationship between the emotional
intelligence overall, also its components on effectiveness and professional
performance for managers in the banking sector.
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Introduction
The concept of emotional intelligence is one of the modern concepts that have entered
into the field of organizational behavior and human resources management. Studies
have indicated that emotional intelligence, which is abbreviated as (EI) is one of the
determinants of the level of performance of employees in organizations, so that has a
great interest in studying the emotional intelligence and develop programs among
workers as a source of professional and educational success and success in life in
general.
Problem statement
The findings of emotional intelligence have applications and extensive areas of life,
including professional delivery and workplaces. It has an impact on the job
performance of the personnel involved. Also, It isrelated to many other factors, mush
as individual differences in mental capabilities of the employees and the concepts of
organizational behavioral and human resource management. EI includes self-
awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills. High levels of self-
awareness with emotional intelligence enable managers to display a higher level of
self-confidence that attracts more respect from their subordinates (Goleman, 1998).
Although increased the interest by western organizations and studies that have
attempted to understand the emotional intelligence in the workplace, such as Sy,et
all,2006) studied in California and Higgs (2004) studied EI in the UK call center. But
there is a little of same studies regarding EI and performance in Arabic area special in
Saudi organizations, while emotional intelligence explains why the staff is different
from each other in the workplace despite the equality of the number of years of
experience and training levels and even cognitive abilities. The main goal of this
study, therefore, is to demonstrate the gap between the literature review that studies
this problem to examine the level of emotional intelligence at managers who are
working in the financial sector and its impact on job performance and trying to answer
the following main question:
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What is the relationship between emotional intelligence (including its components)
and job performance of managers who are working in the banks?
Objectives of the research
1- The study seeks to Identify if there is a relationship between emotional intelligence
and job performance of managers.
2- Adding to Arabian knowledge store about the subject of emotional intelligence in
the field of administrative work in the local environment within different sectors
including industrial, commercial, education university, community, which contributes
to the development managers careers.
3- Understanding the roles of Arabian socio-cultural variables in the relationship to
emotional intelligence with job performance.
Significances of the research
The importance of the study lies in the fact that it falls within the administrative
concerns of many practitioners and administrators. It is because emotional
intelligence has a direct impact on the performance of the work in organizations. The
relevance can be a focus for the following reasons:
1- This study aims to identify the nature of the relationship between emotional
intelligence and job performance, as it constitutes one of the most important factors
that have emerged in the field of organizational behavior. The core roles of the
leadership are responsible for managing their feelings, their emotions and their
relationship with others’ management qualities. This also, helps to motivate their
employees and transmit the spirit of cooperation, initiative, and creativity.
2-Organizations are on a relentless quest to find out the reasons that lead to increasing
the quality of the performance of their employees. Effective leadership impacts on
organization effectively as a whole. Because of its significant impact on its ability to
compete and gain competitive advantages in the business market.
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3- The study is will sense as a reference for researchers in the field of organizational
behavior and who are interested in studying the managerial conditions in banks that is
the one of the biggest sectors in Saudi.
4- The study is in response to the increasing importance of recent trends in
organizational behavior and human resource management research. Findings may be
applying to different sectors industrial, commercial and learning to our local
environment.
Scope of the research
The study examines the problem of emotional intelligence among managers in the
commercial banking sector in Saudi Arabia including local such as Al-Rajhi, Al-Ahli,
AL-Riyadh, Al-Arabi, Al-Bilad and AJazira bank. Also Saudi market has many of
foreign banks for example Samba, Sabb, and AL-France etc. This sector was selected
because of its tremendous growth in recent years and an ever-increasing worth. Saudi
Arabia is one of the fastest growing banking markets in the world and commercial
banks operate in a competitive environment and are likely to be more efficient in the
near future. The business in this region are experiencing technological developments
and favorable government policies. Even in the wake of the global financial crisis that
occurred in 2008, the banking industry in Saudi Arabia has still recorded positive
growth rates which are impressive.
DEFINATION IN TERMS
Emotional intelligence
There are several definitions (EI) proposed by scholars. One of the leading thinkers in
the field of emotional intelligence Goldman (1998) defines emotional intelligence
as"the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating
ourselves, and for managing emotions well in ourselves and in our relationships".
Emotional intelligence describes abilities distinct from, but complementary to,
academic intelligence or the purely cognitive capacities measured by IQ" (Singh,
2006). Meyer and Salovy(1997) are a pioneers in display many definitions of this
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concept, emotional intelligence as "the ability to perceive emotions, to access and
generate emotions so as to assist thought, to understand emotions and emotional
knowledge, and to reflectively regulate emotions so as to promote emotional and
intellectual growth"(Singh, 2006.)
The Model that supposed by Goleman (1998), emotional intelligence is includes
four component : self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and social skills.
Self-awareness consider the competency of recognizing one’s emotions, strengths
and weaknesses, self-worth and capabilities. Self-management refers to managing
one’s internal states, impulses, and resources. Social awareness refers to being
results oriented and pursuing goals beyond what is required. Or includes know-how
skills to recognizing and responding to changes in the emotional situation of other
people by means of sensitivity and social self-confidence. Social skills can be
determined as the effective handling of interpersonal relationships, to thereby
promoting desirable responses in others or having the sensitivity to the feelings,
thoughts, and situations of others. Each of these component has various emotional
competencies .
Figure (1) presents the version of Goleman EI framework. Twenty competencies nest
in four clusters of general EI abilities.
Figure (1) Source: Goleman (2001(
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Four dimensions: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, and
Relationship Management:
•Self-awareness: refers to having a deep knowledge of own emotions such as
strengths, weaknesses, values and motives .
•Self-management: represents how well we redirect or control our internal states,
impulses, and resources.
•Social awareness: It is actually about empathy, having understanding and
sensitivity to the feelings, thoughts, and situations of others.
•Relationship management: refers to managing other people’s emotions.
On another hand, Dalip Singh, an Indian social scientist, developed emotional
intelligence model which is aligned with the Indian environment. Singh exercises
several interactive workshops with more than a hundred managers of executives and
seniors of departments. There were early definitions developed by American scientists
about the emotional intelligence included the type of bias cultural, after these
meetings Singh (2006) developed a model of emotional intelligence. define
"Emotional intelligence is the ability of an individual to appropriately and
successfully respond to a vast variety of emotional stimuli being elicited from the
inner self and immediate environment". Emotional intelligence constitutes three
psychological dimensions: emotional sensitivity, emotional maturity, and emotional
competency, which motivate an individual to recognize truthfully, interpret honestly
and handle tactfully the dynamics of human behavior (Singh,2006:36).
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The following figure shows three dimensions of Singh Model:
Figure (2) Source :Singh (2006).
Job performance
Traditionally, job performance (JP) has been conceptualized as "the degree to which
an individual executes his or her role with respect to certain standards specified by an
organization" (Nayyar, 1994). In other words, JP explains the level of employee
performance and improvement toward achieving the goals and success of an
organization (Shooshtarian et al. 2013).Motowidlo, Borman&Schmit (1997) defined
JP as the aggregated value of the behaviour and performance of an individual over a
standard on a period of time, which is divided into two dimensions: task performance
and contextual performance (Borman&Motowidlo, 1997). Task performance
represents the behaviours that are directly relatedto the job completion and consists
with the execution of technical processes, maintenance and servicing of technical
requirements (Motowidlo, Borman&Schmit, 1997). Contextual performance refers to
the interpersonal actions or behaviours that benefit the organization, including
activities such as executing organizational rules and procedures, helping and
cooperating with others and volunteering to carry out task activities (Motowidlo,
Borman&Schmit, 1997). All of these studies has made more knowledge toward
increasing awareness about what improves overall performance in the workplace.
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LITRETURE REVIEW
Emotional intelligence
Concepts in the social sciences like emotional intelligence have been discussed and
used by researchers in different fields. Emotional intelligence was conceptualized by
Salovey& Mayer (1990) as ‘the ability to monitor one’s own and others’ feelings and
emotions to discriminate among them and to use information to guide one’s thinking
and action. To further clarify this construct, Mayer &Salovey (1997) stated that
emotional intelligence consists of the ability to accurately perceive, appraise and
express emotion as well as the ability to access and/or generate emotional knowledge,
to regulate emotion and to experience emotional and intellectual growth.
In the model posed by Goleman (1998), emotional intelligence includes four
components: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and social skills.
Self-awareness involves competency in recognizing one’s emotions, strengths, and
weaknesses, self-worth, and capabilities. Self-management refers to managing one’s
internal states, impulses, and resources. Social awareness in the context of employee
performance refers to results-oriented and followingobjectives beyond what
isrequired, including know-how skills in order to understand and adapt changes in the
emotions of other people by means of holding sensitivity and social self-confidence.
Social skills can be defined as the effective handling of interpersonal relationships,
thereby encouraging desirable responses in others or showing sensitivity to the
feelings, thoughts and situations of others. Each of these components corresponds
with different emotional competencies. Thus, Goleman (1998) supposed that an
individual’s emotional intelligence could affect his or her work environment. EI is
based on the rationale that when people can identify, explain, express and control
their own emotions, they are better able to understand their own behaviour as well as
other people's behaviours, resulting in improved interactions with others and positive
outcomes in their own lives.
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Contemporary studies have found that EI effects the academic life (Brackett, Rivers
&Salovey, 2011), organizational citizenship behaviour (Chaudhry et al., 2011) and
organizational commitment (Raza, Saleem&Qamar, 2014; Chang, 2007) in addition to
enhancing effective leadership (Polychroniou, 2009; Batool, 2013; Boyle, 2006),
innovative behaviours (Dincer, 2012) and organizational performance (Deshwal,
2016; Rahim & Malik, 2010). Thomas et al. (2006) found a positive relationship
between emotionalintelligence and job satisfaction.The findings of Das & Ali (2014)
are similar. EI shows a positive correlation with leadership behaviour (Boyle et al,
2011) and effectiveness (Rosete&Ciarroch, 2005). Langhorn’s (2004) study showed
that managers’ emotional intelligence was able to predict team satisfaction with a
reasonable degree of accuracy.
In conclusion, the effect of employees’ emotional intelligence can be observed in their
levels of job satisfaction and job stress as well as in the satisfaction of the customers
they serve. Nowadays, EI is considered among recruiters, educators, managers and
human resource professionals at many workplaces as an important indicator of
successful interactions with others in the organization.
Job performance
JP is one of the most important dependent variables of interest to educators, the
government, businesses and society (Rotundo&Rotman, 2002). As previously
mentioned, job performance has been conceptualized as the degree to which an
individual executes his or her role with respect to certain standards specified by an
organization (Nayyar, 1994). This concept is important in human resource studies
since human resource personnel are constantly searching for ways to improve
employees' performance through enhancing positive attitudes, building capacities,
offering incentives and increasing employee satisfaction and level of job
responsibility in addition to additional ways of intrinsically motivating employees
(Tseng & Huang, 2011).
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Performance measurements have numerous implications and are oriented toward an
organisation’s aims, such as improving productivity, guiding action-based
promotions, paying for performance or improving employees’ capabilities in order to
promote higher levels of responsibility and performance. So, understanding the status
of individual job performance is necessary.
Studies in the domain of performance have attracted the attention of researchers and
business managers for many years. The majority of related studies has been
performed to understand the effect of different independent factors on the
performance of individuals and organizations. Among these independent variables,
we can name several, such as motivation, conflict, communication competencies,
leadership, emotional intelligence, values (e.g., Luthans, Rosenkrantz& Hennessey,
1985; Robertson & Gibbons, 1999; Tubre& Collins, 2000; Wong &Phooi-Ching,
2000; Sy, Tram & O’Hara, 2006), general intelligence (Dulewicz& Higgs, 2000) and
emotional intelligence (Higgs, 2004; Langhorn, 2004). Bashir and Ramay (2010)
found a significantly negative correlation between job stress and job performance,
showing that job stress significantly reduces an individuals’ performance. Following
the previous studies, this study intends to create a model to explain the relationship
between the two variables of emotional intelligence and job performance amongst
bank managers.
Relationship between emotional intelligence and job performance
The biggest challenges attack organizations, including the banking sector, involve
coping with continuous change, creation more creative, managing huge amounts of
information, acquiring and retaining the right kind of people skills, promoting
cooperation and organizational effectiveness. According to Cherniss (2001) and
others, emotional intelligence plays a vital role in satisfying these requirements.
The relationship between EI and performance improvement is crucial to business
organizations, particularly those with a for-profit motive. Singh (2001) mentioned that
the ‘application of emotional intelligence supports the ability of managers and
employees to recognize and understand emotions’.
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Emotional intelligence is key to managing oneself and one’s relationships as well as
to developing employees, teams and the organization as a whole. Employees who
enhance their emotional intelligence skills, apart from their technical skills, will, in
turn, enhance their productivity on the job. Management of emotional intelligence by
team members will help to develop the interpersonal skills of the team members. To
be successful, organizations need to improve employees’ emotional intelligence skills
to enable them to work effectively in the organization.
different studies have advanced such findings and found emotional intelligence to be
predictive of job performance in a wide variety of workplace settings. Higgs (2004)
discovered strong linkages between emotional intelligence and performance. In a
study in a call centre environment, emotional intelligence was shown to be related to
job performance, in which the trait of self-management showed the strongest
relationship with job performance (Nel& De Villiers, 2004). However, Gryn (2010)
did not find a statistically significant relationship between emotional intelligence and
job performance overall. Nevertheless, the link between emotional intelligence and
job performance appear to be logical, and with increasing the number of employers
are adopting the emotional intelligence regarding of the recruitment and selection
process and in employee development activities (Chaudry&Usman,2011). Sy et al.
(2006) investigated the associations between EI and job performance in a sample of
187 food-service workers. They found a significant correlation between EI and job
performance and confirmed that EI positively predicts job performance after
controlling for the Big Five personality factors, considering a sample of 215
employees.
Despite the significant relationship between EI and performance, some studies have
failed to establish an association between the two constructs or have found mixed
results. Rooy&Viswesvaran (2004( conducted a meta-analysis of 57 studies, finding
that EI is weakly related to job performance. Also, Gorgi at el. (2015) found no
significant relationship between the components of EI and performance. According to
Hsin-Kuang (2007), emotional intelligence and leadership styles were a negative
correlation with job performance.
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Boyle et al. (2006) studied the relationship between managerial EI levels and
leadership effectiveness ratings. The results did not show a relationship between
supervisor ratings and EI levels as expected.
The existing literature emphasizes that emotional intelligence is associated with
success life in everyday, marital relations, academics and work life. EI plays a
significant role in the manager‑employee relationship and employee performance.
Even so, the effects of EI on managers’ performance have not been assessed in the
context of the financial sector. Considering the differences in bank environments in
comparison with other organizations, this study aims to generate further evidence on
this topic by assessing the effect of EI on managers’ performance in Saudi banks. The
results could be useful for decision makers in this sector.
RESEARCH FRAMEWORK
Emotional intelligence is a critical component that govern one's feelings toward
performance at work. For example, EI involves a series of factors, such as the
capacity to control and manage one’s moods and motives on the job. Knowing one's
emotions and feelings, as they occur and adjusting to changing situations, requires
certain emotional competencies, maturity, and sensitivity, and these traits are often
demanded on the job. In many workplaces, employees must work with groups of
people with distinct ideas, suggestions, and opinions (Mishra and Mohapatra, 2010).
Effective use of emotional intelligence promotes greater team conformity. Leaders, in
particular, need to high emotional intelligence because they represent the organization
to customers, deal with large amounts of people within and outside the organization
and set the tone for employee morale (Mishra and Mohapatra, 2010). Managers with
high emotional intelligence are able to understand their employees’ needs and support
them with constructive feedback. In this area, successful act depends on emotional
intelligence and the ability to recognize and offer service to clients.
promoting the employees performance is important in order to make high-quality
customer service. The banking sector is constantly seeking to achieve new goals and
improve the level of services within an increasingly competitive environment.
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Emotional intelligence is one of the most important tools for increasing the level of
service and the effectiveness of teams. Thus, emotional intelligence is a necessary
skill for the employee's success as well as businesses, then satisfied employees
provide better service and provide greater customer loyalty.
Singh’s (2006) model has been adopted in this study because it is suitable for
environments such as India and Saudi Arabia, which are both are developing
countries that need to improving a managerial and professional work environment.
Based on the literature reviewed, the study adopted the conceptual framework as
indicated below:
IV DV
Figure (3) : A conceptual framework illustrating the Relationship between Emotional
Intelligence and Job Performance based on Singh model
Depend on the review of previous literature, the following hypotheses are developed:
H1: There is a significance positive relationship between overall emotional
intelligence and the job performance of banks managers.
H1a: There is a significance positive relationship between emotional competency as a
component of emotional intelligence and job performance of banks managers.
H1b: There is a significance positive relationship between emotional maturity as a
component of emotional intelligence and job performance of banks managers.
Emotional Intelligence:
1-emotional competency
2- emotional maturity
3-emotional sensitivity
Job performance
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H1c: There is a significance positive relationship between emotional sensitivity as a
component of emotional intelligence and job performance of banks managers.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
This is a descriptive study that uses the analytical approach. It is designed to collect
data that describe the characteristics of persons, events or situations. It is a cross-
sectional study which tries to describe and assess the reality of the impact of
emotional intelligence on the job performance of employees in the commercial banks.
This approach is considered as the most appropriate way for this study because it is
expressed in quantity and quality. It will draw conclusions, evaluate, test hypotheses,
and access to clear scientific generalizations.
Sampling procedure
The Sample (n = 106) was drawn from among managers are working in commercial
banks that operating in Saudi Arabia. The data have collected by a combination from
the cluster and random sample distribution. Number branches of banks that operating
in Saudi Arabia at the end of the first quarter of the fiscal year 2015 is 1937 branches
totaled compared to 1912 branches at the end of 2014.It was the opening of 25 new
branches to banks during the first quarter of last year, an average of eight new
branches in the month, and it showed as the last bulletin issued by the Saudi Arabian
Monetary Agency "SAMA". Which is the most in the long history of providing
banking services in the Saudi market is made up. After modified questionnaire, the
sample size was recovered 109, where 106 of them were retrieval at a rate of 92.1%.
MEASURMENT OF THE VARIABLES
Questionnaire development
This research relied on the primary data, a questionnaire will be developed and
employed to address the analytical aspect of the topic interest,
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which been distributed electronically way. It is a key tool for the search to be
distributed to selected banks’ employees that will represent the study population.
The first part of the questionnaire will contain the demographic variables such as
Gender, Age, Qualifications, Years of Experience, etc.
The second part was about emotional intelligence, which depends on the style of
capability test (ability-based test). This scale will be rely on Singh model of emotional
intelligence in the workplace. This measure consists of twenty-two positions and
distributed on three main areas includes emotional competency (five positions),
emotional maturity (seven positions) and emotional sensitivity (ten positions) each
reacts has creation value ( 5-10-15-20).
The third part of the questionnaire was measured performance levels to managers by
used the questionnaire developed of Azme(2010). It depends on the self-report style
that consists of 40 items and is distributed in four groups includes: work team's
management, relationship management, moral stimulus, and conflict management.
The researcher used the class of five points Likert scale (from strongly agree to
strongly disagree). The researcher modified the original questionnaire to align with
the study objectives.
Statistical analysis
Data analyze was through the use of statistical analysis program (SPSS). Data were
analyzed by the adoption on (frequency, mean), descriptive and correlation.(Cronbach
Alpha) test to the stability of the paragraphs of the questionnaire. (Chi-square test)is
Univariate technique that adapts to original scale for Singh to test hypotheses among
two-variable relationship by examining if there is a statistically significant
relationship or not.
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GOODNESS OF MEASURE
1- Reliability
The researcher used Cronbach's alpha as a way to measure reliability of questionnaire,
its value was 89% as shown in Table (1).
reliability Statistics
Dimension Cronbach's alpha reliability* No. of items
Emotional intelligence 0.452 0.67 14
Job performance 0.787 0.89 40
*reliability= the positive square of Cronbach's alpha
Clear from the results shown in the table (1) that the value of Cronbach's alpha
coefficient equal 0.452 Thus, the value of reliability coefficient equal to 0.67 which is
acceptable to the scale of emotional intelligence.
As for the scale of performance was the value of the alpha Cronbach's coefficient
(0.787), as well as the value of reliability for all the paragraphs of the performance
scale was, (0.89), This means that reliability coefficient was high. Thus, the
researcher is sure the reliability of a questionnaire study, which makes it a confident
about the correctness of questionnaire and the results of the study to answer questions
and test hypotheses.
2- Demographics of Sample:
Demographics of the participant
Classification n %
Gender Male 68 64.2
Female 38 35.8
Age 18-24 8 7.5
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25-34 47 44.3
35-44 42 39.6
45-54 9 8.5
Qualification
Diploma 33 31.1
Bachelor 63 59.4
Master 9 8.5
PhD 1 .9
Experience
less 5 years 45 42.5
5-10 18 17.0
above 10 years 43 40.6
- The table (2) shows that 64.2% of respondents are (Male) and 35.8% (Female).
- Table (2) also shows 44.3% of respondents their ages (25-34), 39.6% (35-44), 8.5%
(45-54) and 7.5% (18-24) of the sample.
- As can be seen from the table (2) that 59.4% of respondents have Bachelor, 31.1%
Diploma, 8.5% Master and less than 1% PhD.
- We find in the same table that 42.5% of respondents their experience was (Less than 5
years), 40.6% (above 10 years) and 17% (5-10).
3- Analysis the responses of EI scale:
The researcher used percentages and frequencies for analysis of answers on items of
both of scale of emotional intelligence and job performance.
3-1- Analysis the responses on scale of emotional intelligence:
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3-1-1- emotional sensitively:
Analysis the results of the responses on Emotional Intelligence Scale -
dimension emotional sensitivity
Response N %
P-40 Low EQ 5 4.72
P-50 Moderate EQ 11 10.38
P-75 High EQ 22 20.75
P-90 Extremely high EQ 68 64.15
Total 106 100
Table (3) shows that approximately 84.9% of respondents have a high emotional
intelligence to very high, 10% have moderate emotional intelligence and 5% low
emotional intelligence. it is a clear that the most of the respondents are characterized
by high emotional sensitivity, this gives them the ability to work in the current
environment management, as well as the ability to harmony and comfort with others,
to understand their needs, requirements, and achieve intimacy, honesty in dealings
between people, as this feature will give them insight into how others evaluate them
and connections to their.
3-1-2- emotional maturity:
Analysis the results of the responses on Emotional Intelligence Scale -
dimension emotional maturity
response N %
P-50 Moderate EQ 11 10.38
P-75 High EQ 73 68.87
P-90 Extremely high EQ 22 20.75
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Total 106 100
Table (4) shows that approximately 89.6% of respondents have a high emotional
intelligence to very high, 11% have moderate emotional intelligence. it is clear that
the most of the respondents are characterized by emotional maturity, and this gives
them the ability evaluate the self and others, identify feelings and express them, as
well as respect the point view of others.
3-1-3- Emotional competency:
Analysis the results of the responses on Emotional Intelligence Scale -
dimension emotional competency
response N %
P-40 Low EQ 1 0.94%
P-50 Moderate EQ 15 14.15%
P-75 High EQ 53 50.00%
P-90 Extremely high EQ 37 34.91%
Total 106 100
Table (5) shows that approximately 84.9% of respondents have a high emotional
intelligence to very high, 14% have moderate emotional intelligence. It is clear that
most of the respondents are eligible to have high self-assessment and optimism, as
their ability to communicate and the connections with others and restraint
emotionally.
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3-1-4- Emotional Intelligence generally:
Analysis the results of the responses on Emotional Intelligence Scale generally
Response N %
P-50 Moderate EQ 5 4.72%
P-75 High EQ 66 62.26%
P-90 Extremely high EQ 35 33.02%
Total 106 100
Table (6) shows that approximately 95.2% of the respondents have a high emotional
intelligence to very high, 5% have moderate emotional intelligence. It is clear that the
vast majority of the respondents have high emotional intelligence generally is
acceptable.
Figure (4) shows a comparison between the three components of emotional
intelligence and arranged.
Figure (4): comparison between the three components of emotional intelligence and
arranged.
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
P-20 NO EQ P-40 Low EQ P-50Moderate EQ
P-75 High EQ P-90 Extremelyhigh EQ
4.72%10.38%
20.75%
64.15%
10.38%
68.87%
20.75%0.94%
14.15%
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Levels of Emotinal Intelligecnce
sensitivityMaturity competency
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3-2- Analysis the responses on scale of Job performance:
The researcher adopted in determining the levels of JP according to the mean and the
relative importance (relative Mean) on the following criterion:
Mean level Relative Mean
From 1- 1,80 conclusive rejection 20%-36%
Greater than1,80 to 2.6 rejection Greater than 36% to 52%
Greater than 2,60 to 3,40 neutral Greater than52% to 86%
Greater than 3,40 to 4,20 Agree Greater than 86% to 84%
Greater than 4,20 to 5 Full agreement Greater than 84% to 100%
For interpret the results of the study and judge the level of the response, the researcher
depended on arrangement relative mean of paragraphs.
Analysis the responses on scale of Job performance
Item Mean Mean
relative Rank
1- I deal with my subordinates in the same way which
I deal with my superiors. 3.81 76.19% 28
2- I avoid prove myself as a manager for others. 3.72 74.48% 29
3- I achieve a justice and non-discrimination when
offering awards and promotions. 4.53 90.57% 3
4- I do differentiation between speed and
thoroughness, relying on situations case by case. 4.18 83.62% 15.5
5- I Chose the right individuals to work in the team
that I be leadership to it. 4.52 90.48% 4
6-I maintain the links of friendship with each member
of the teamwork. 4.42 88.49% 7
7- I accept advice without distinction between my
subordinates and my superiors. 4.36 87.17% 8
8- I can easily work with all types of individuals 3.90 78.10% 27
9- I'm trying to find out the mood of the other party
(angry-frustrated-concern). 4.23 84.57% 14
10- When I understand the message that speaker want
to connect, I stop to listening it. 2.88 57.55% 35
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11-I plan from the beginning how to deal style with
others in order to get to my goal. 4.03 80.58% 23
12- I can received negative views without having taken
a defensive posture. 3.63 72.57% 33
13- I Make others aware that I realized emotional state,
which controls them, when I speak with them. 4.11 82.26% 21
14- I willfulness don't listen to others who are not
agree with them in opinion. 2.64 52.83% 36
15- Easier for me to listen others opinions even
disagree with my views. 4.18 83.62% 15.5
16- I repeat the information that reaches so to make
sure I understood correctly. 4.02 80.38% 25
17- I develop relationships with others based on trust
rather than of the control and biases. 4.32 86.48% 12
18- I am not afraid to give my opinion even front of
aggressive speaker. 4.09 81.89% 22
19- I do stimulate employees by granting greater
powers and responsibilities. 4.03 80.57% 24
20- I adopt moral Stimulus as basic tool for improving
the performance of employees. 4.48 89.52% 6
21- I grant Distinguish Employee more decision-
making powers. 3.91 78.27% 26
22- I tendency to talk about the achievements in front
of others to enhance its importance with the mention of
the achievements (owner).
4.35 86.92% 9
23- I Easier to perform work for the distinct person
depending on flexible schedules to work. 4.14 82.86% 18
24- I Encourage employees to make suggestions and
new ideas contribute to the development work. 4.72 94.34% 1
25- I Use a variety of methods in the application of
moral stimulus (no money) such appreciate. 4.51 90.19% 5
26- I Use the stimulus moral certain percentage
compared to the physical stimulation, according to the
nature of the employee's personal.
4.12 82.48% 20
27- I Give the employee a great importance and I work
to generate a sense of excellence in work. 4.34 86.79% 10.5
28- I Work to achieve a balance between the value of
output and the type of moral motivation 4.24 84.76% 13
29- When someone Adapted improper, I draw his 4.13 82.64% 19
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attention at it.
30- Excess confidence in one part of conflict pushes
me for no listen to the argument of the other party. 2.24 44.81% 37
31- If someone misconduct, I do not respond to him. 3.71 74.29% 30
32- When I agree with someone on a certain position,
then him not implement this agreement in execution
time, I accept this act and Forget it?
2.98 59.62% 34
33- I Use a variety of methods to resolve the conflict,
according to the nature of the situation and the people. 4.34 86.79% 10.5
34-I have convinced that the positive effects of the
conflict. 3.70 74.04% 31
35- When I addressing the conflict focus on the
personal and emotional aspects of the parties to the
conflict.
3.67 73.33% 32
36- I deal with conflicts and disputes by search a
ground for an agreement and to identify common
interests.
4.18 83.58% 17
37- People differ in opinion and emotion, and I am
putting this in mind when dealing with them. 4.60 92.00% 2
All paragraphs of scale 3.97 79.40%
From the table (7) can be Derive the following:
- The Mean of paragraph 24, "I encourage employees to make suggestions and new
ideas contribute to the development work." is equal to 4.72 (the total score is 5), so
the relative Mean 94.34%, where it comes in the first rank, that means there is the Full
agreement for this item.
- The Mean of paragraph 30, “excess confidence in one part of conflict push me no
listen to the argument of the other party." is equal to 2.24 (the total score is 5), so the
relative Mean 44.81%, where it comes in the last rank. That means there is rejection
for this item.
- In general it can be said that the Mean of all the paragraphs of the Scale is equal to
4.18 that means Mean relative equals 83.68%. That means there is agree for this item.
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- 3-2- descriptive statistics
Descriptive Statistics
N Rang
e
Minim
um
Maxi
mum Mean
Std.
Devi
ation
Varianc
e Skewness Kurtosis
Statist
ic
Stati
stic
Statist
ic
Statist
ic
Stati
stic
Std.
Error
Statis
tic
Statisti
c
Statist
ic
Std.
Error
Statist
ic
Std.
Error
sensitivity 106 3 1 4 3.44 .084 .863 .744 -
1.454- .235 1.159 .465
Maturity 106 2 1 3 2.10 .054 .551 .303 .056 .235 .256 .465
Competen
cy 106 3 1 4 3.19 .069 .705 .497 -.450- .235 -.276- .465
EI 106 2 1 3 2.28 .053 .548 .300 .050 .235 -.487- .465
JP 106 2 3 5 4.25 .044 .454 .206 .885 .235 -.366- .465
Valid N
(listwise) 106
Table (8) : Descriptive Statistics for independent and dependent variables
The means, standard deviations of the variables have been mentioned in Table (8). To
determine the levels of mean scores and standard deviations of emotional intelligence
and the job performance have been calculated for managers in select banks sector.
The mean score EI for managers was found to be 2.28 (SD =.548), while the mean of
the job performance for managers was found 4.25 (SD =.454). For the emotional
intelligence component sensitivity, maturity, competency was found to be 3.44, 2.10,
3.19respectively so, the result saw that emotional maturity for managers is high on
average.
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Pearson Correlations coefficient
sensitivit
y
maturity competen
cy
TotalEI JP
Sensitivity Pearson Correlation 1 **.258 *.199 **.680 -.037-
Sig. (2-tailed) .007 .040 .000 .705
N 106 106 106 106 106
Maturity Pearson Correlation **.258 1 **.340 **.702 -.050
Sig. (2-tailed) .007 .000 .000 .614
N 106 106 106 106 106
Competency Pearson Correlation *.199 **.340 1 **.757 -.205-*
Sig. (2-tailed) .040 .000 .000 .035
N 106 106 106 106 106
Total EI Pearson Correlation **.680 **.702 **.757 1 -.052-
Sig. (2-tailed) .000 .000 .000 .596
N 106 106 106 106 106
JP Pearson Correlation -.037- -.050 -.205-* -.052- 1
Sig. (2-tailed) .705 .614 .035 .596
N 106 106 106 106 106
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
*. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
Table (9): Correlations Statistics for variables
A Bi-variatecorrelation was performed between the two variables to explore their
association/relationship, the Pearson’s correlation was applied and tested at
significance level α = 0.01.The correlation was tested between E, its three component,
and the job performance. After studying this table notice that the correlations in the
main diagonal are all equal to 1. This is because a variable is always perfectly
correlated with itself. There was a negative correlation(relationship) between the two
variables, r=-(.052), n=106, p≥0.01, with a high level of emotional intelligence
associated with low level of the job performance of the respondents, its means if the
emotional intelligence increase then the job performance decrease, vice versa.
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Table (9) shows the relationship between three component of emotional intelligence
and job performance. The negative relationship was found to exist between sensitivity
and job performance which r=-(.037), n=106, p≥0.01. The opposite correlation
coefficient indicated a high level of sensitivity is associated with low level of the job
performance. The second low level was existed between competency as a component
and the job performance where r=-(.205), n=106, Correlation is significant at the 0.05
level and the correlation coefficient indicated quite a negative relationship between
competency and the job performance. While the result shows maturity and the job
performance indicate had quite a negative relationship where r=-(.050), n=106,
indicated a high level of maturity for managers associated with low level of the job
performance.
4- Test hypotheses:
4-1- H1: “There is a significance positive relationship between overall emotional
intelligence and the job performance of banks managers”.
Chi-Square Test
Value df Sig.
Pearson Chi-Square 1.720a 4 .787
From the table (10), the value of Chi-square equal to 1.720, and the value of (Sig)
equal to = 0.787, this value is greater than >0.05, so it can accept the null hypothesis
(There isn’t a significance positive relationship between overall emotional
intelligence and the job performance of banks managers”.
4-2- H1a: “There is a significance positive relationship between emotional competency as
a component of emotional intelligence and the job performance of banks managers”.
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Chi-Square Tests
Value df Sig.
Pearson Chi-Square 7.986 6 .239
From the table (11), the value of Chi-square equal to = 7.986, and the value of (Sig)
equal to = 0.239, this value is greater than >0.05, so it can accept the null hypothesis
(“There isn’t a significance positive relationship between emotional competency as a
component of emotional intelligence and the job performance of banks managers”.
4-3- H1b: There is a significance positive relationship between emotional maturity as a
component of emotional intelligence and the job performance of banks managers.
Chi-Square Tests
Value Df Sig.
Pearson Chi-Square .832 4 .934
From the table (12), the value of Chi-square equal to = 0.832, and the value of (Sig)
equal to = 0.934, this value is greater than >0.05, so it can accept the null hypothesis
“There isn’t a significance positive relationship between emotional maturity as a
component of emotional intelligence and the job performance of banks managers”.
4-4- H1c: There is a significance positive relationship between emotional sensitivity as a
component of emotional intelligence and the job performance of banks managers.
Chi-Square Tests
Value df Sig.
Pearson Chi-Square 1.215 6 .976
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From the table (13), the value of Chi-square equal to = 1.215, and the value of (Sig)
equal to = 0.976, this value is greater than >0.05, so it can accept the null hypothesis
“There isn’t a significance positive relationship between emotional sensitivity as a
component of emotional intelligence and the job performance of banks managers”.
DISCUSSION
This study attemptsto measure the EI level of managers in banks located in Saudi.The
result shows thisrelationship is negative statistically significant (sig) > 0.05.The study
found there is a statistically negative relationship at the 0.05 level. This relationship
refers to the level that effectson managers performance at each component of
emotional intelligence based on Singh model (sensitivity - maturity -
competency).Where emotional maturity is the most influential in the effectiveness of
the managers performance by 89%, which reflects the ability of managers to express
their feelings, create some kind of balance between the use of the mind and heart in
the work field, the ability to self-awareness, the development of others, flexibility and
adaptability. The sensitivity and emotional competency in the second level in terms of
impact on job performance, the results found its impact on the performance of 85%
for both components. Sensitivity reflects the ability of managers to manage the
environment, harmony and comfort with others, achieve familiarity and
understanding of the basics of emotional excitement. On another hand, competency
means the ability to communicate and adjust the psychological feeling.
Many of researches have shown that EI is positively correlated with interview
outcomes, team working, management analytical, conceptual task, and job or
employee's performance.Studies have also indicated that emotional facilitates
performance. Lyons and Schneider (2002) explained the relationship of ability‑based
EI with performance under stress. Langhorne (2004) set key areas of profit
performance were correlated with the EI pattern of the general manager. In the meta-
analysis conducted by Rooy and Viswesvaran (2004) to evaluate the effect of
emotional intelligence on performance,
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they found a positive correlation between EI and work performance but the
significance is not strong. Also, in the recent met analysis of O’Boyle et al. (2011),
they found the three streams of EI measures reported in the literature do have
significant positive correlations with job performance, but the level is not
strong.
However, the results of the present research is consistent with (Gorgi2015) findings
suggested a poor EI among hospital managers. Also showed there is no significant
relationship between the components of EI and the performance of hospital managers.
Kholoudet al.(2016)found a negative relationship between emotional intelligence and
sales performance connected with the positive relationship between total sales
experience and sales performance. Additionally, Gryn (2010) indicated there is no
statistically significant relationship between overall emotional intelligence and the job
performance. Kulkarni (2009) The results showed that there is no significant
correlation between the emotional intelligence score and performance appraisal
scores, as the coefficient correlation assuming cannot generalizable.
This research indicated that there is no positive significant relationship between the
components of EI and the performance of banks managers. In other words, increase in
EI levels not drive to better performance in the bank's managers and vice versa. The
unexpected results for this study might because the kind of the EI scale that was
adopted is self-report might be another factor. Bracket, Rivers, and Salovey (2011)
approved that the self-reported EIscales inadequately to measures EI. They found
rather low associations between ability models of emotional intelligence and self-
report emotional intelligence scales indicating that the way produces different result
about the same individuals (Bracket and Mayer, 2003). An important factor is
generally self-report scale considered measure is not enough because people tend to
exaggerate their abilities report in inaccurately? However, the question is if self-report
scales asses actual EI or what the individuals believes of themselves. Mixed results
for more than 20 years of emotional intelligence literature review, supported by the
use of different measure based on different concepts.
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This lead to more specifically about emotional intelligence components, which can be
redirected research efforts and practices of human resources management in
organizations about this area. Moreover, the variance within the sample was found to
be low. This might have contributed to the disability to uncover a relationship with
the independent variable (EI).
CONCLUSION AND LIMETATONS OF THE RESEARCH
The current study shows managers in banks located in the kingdom, had unrelated the
job performance with high EI scores. Moreover this research shows, unlike other
related studies, there is no positive significant relationship between performance and
EI of banks managers. The effects of factors on the banks managers’ performances
should be assessed in more as a moderator view than considering EI asa independent
factor on it, as many studies that investigate emotional intelligence through mediating
effect of another factor such as organizational commitment Raza (2014).
There were some limitations in this study. First, because the study focused on the
banking industry in Saudi, the findings are specific to this industry and cannot be
generalized. Second, this research is cross-sectional in nature; thus, it should be
replicated in the banking industry as well as another industries in order to achieve
more insight into the relationships between emotional intelligence and the job
performance. Third, the researched population of managers was almost, difficulty to
reach this sample and lack to provide relevant information because of the secret
nature of banks sector. Fourth, only one kind of emotional intelligence scales the self-
report was used in this study. Fifth, the busy situation of the managers in general, and
specifically within the banks sector, makes it very challenging to administer the time-
consuming for EI ability tests. Sixth, this study has the limit of time to finished and
developed result.
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SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
Emotional intelligence, as an important area of Social sciences, needs to a lot of
research in the developing countries like Saudi. There is the need to carry out research
regarding intrinsic and extrinsic factors which have an impact on the behavior and act
of the employees. The critical view may be carried out to look the emotional
intelligence levels of employees in different sectors, to make country prosper by
having intelligent human capital.
This research study is unique because it is within a few of studies that investigate the
relationships between emotional intelligence and the job performance in the Saudi
banks sector. The finding of a significant relationship between emotional intelligence
and the job performance encouraged the researchers to adopt the moderator model in
future studies in order to accommodate the various moderators possibly contributing
to this relationship.
Moreover, the type of IE measure is a critical issue, as reported in the literature and
observed in this study. This factor motive EI researchers to develop a comparative
study to investigating the EI-performance relationships by using ability test scales.
Additionally, given the mixed findings in the emotional intelligence literature to
studying its relationship with performance throughout twenty years of investigation,
the study recommends that extended studies that will help to determine the nature of
this relationship. On the another hand, further studies with respect to the impact of
emotional on performance, according to the different variables of different
organizations, are required in this area, especially in Saudi Arabia, whether it's
manufacturing or service industry.
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